Nail Polish Battle 2024: Glitter

Today's battle is glitter polishes;

Orly Crush // Emily de Molly The Same Path // Emily de Molly Waiting for the Sun // Barry M Ruby Slippers // Fancy Gloss Red Mix // ILNP Bitten // Fancy Gloss Christmas Party // Orly Dancing Queen // Barry M Good Time Green // Barry M Fashion Icon // KbShimmer Scratch That

11 glitter polishes acquired this past year, whittled down to top three;

Christmas Party is a red, green, white flakie topper, its very unique to my collection although I can't see me wearing it throughout the year only in December;

Scratch That is a black topper with stars, circles, shreds and small hex glitters. Another very unique polish to my collection;

The Same Path is a unique S shape glitter topper with some smaller glitter particles. I know I keep mentioning the uniqueness but with a collection my size its hard to find polishes which are actually unique;

  

Shopping: August 2024

Orly Crush // Orly Dancing Queen

A friend was getting rid of their stamping equipment and asked if I would like it;

MoYou London Sailor Collection 01

MoYou 70 // MoYou 8

M69 // SE21

MoYou Special Nail Polish - Black

LED Colour Changing Candle from Tesco;

   

Nails: Autumn Glitter Gradient

Base Polish: UNT Peel Off
Base Polish: Barry M - Crush (Matte)
Glitter Polish: Sally Hansen - Copper Penny
Top Coat: Glisten and Glow

Nails: Animal Print Pants Outta Control

"This is how I roll, 

animal print, pants outta control, 

It's Redfoo with the big afro. 

And like Bruce Leroy I got the glow!"

Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO

Polished Used:
Barry M - Matte - Crush
Barry M - Matte White
ELF - Copper

Stamping Plates: Bundle Monster BM221, BM223
Stamping Polish: W7 - Black

Pick n' Mix 52 Week Challenge: Skittle + Red, Pink

Thumb: ELF - Dark Red
Index: Barry M - Crush
Middle: Leighton Denny - Gemstone Buzz
Ring: OPI - What's Your Point-setta?
Little: Barry M - Passion Fruit

Nail Polish Battle 2014: Reds

Looking at the new red polishes of 2014

Nails Inc - Optic Flame // Barry M - Crush // Sally Hansen - Potent Port // Jacava - Red Velvet // Leighton Denny - Vamp

Barry M's Crush is a really nice colour but I find it chips so quickly on me. Also Vamp is a gorgeous colour but it leans very dark which while I do like, it isn't red enough to win the red category! So the winner is Red Velvet, a tone or two lighter than Vamp and very clearly a deep red.

 

Nails: Wrapped Gifts

Polishes Used: Barry M - Crush, Leighton Denny - Be Individual
Stamping Plate: MoYou London - Festive Collection 03
Stamping Polish: Ebalay - Rose Gold


 

Nails: Top 5 Autumn / Fall Polishes 2014

I did a post like this one last year, you can see it here if you are interested. Now that it is officially Autumn I thought I would share my top five polishes for this season.

Barry M - Crush // Leighton Denny - Be Unique // ELF - Fire Coral // Barry M - Indigo // Miss Sporty - Rain Drop 470

First I have Barry M's Matte Crush, which is a deep burgundy matte shade which also looks great with a shiny topcoat over the top.



Then Leighton Denny's Be Unique which is a browny / rusty shimmer colour, you do need three coats to achieve opacity but it would also work layered over a red or an orange base.



ELF's Fire Coral, is a mid-orange cream polish which is perfect for Halloween nails and of course orange is a prominent colour in nature throughout autumn.

The deep purple is Barry M's Indigo, and is the perfect Cadbury purple. Very difficult to colour accurately photograph. The bottle shot and the photo of the skittle nails above aren't accurate, the photo below is much more true to life. It is a deep colour but not one which looks black and is easier to wear. I need to get a new bottle of this as I seem to be at the very end of this bottle.

Lastly I chose Miss Sporty's Rain Drop which is a dark green, something a little different from a pure black polish. Lovely and creamy and deep and the brush is quite flat and wide.